Michael Richard

Senior HR Specialist

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

About

Rigorous and reliable I am trilingual (French - English -Dutch) with B1 German. Not afraid of challenges, I am a fast learner, committed to what I'm doing with excellent communicating and people management skills.

Experience

  • Senior HR Specialist at Toyota Motor Europe
    Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    01/07/2025 - Ongoing HR Business partner for the Supply Chain function. 01/04/2023 - 30/06/2025 Senior Specialist in the Talent Acquisition department: - Product owner of the Applicant tracking system (iCIMS) and constantly looking for optimisation of its setup and usage - Supported RFI, RFQ and implementation for new RPO provider - Review of the existing process and policies related to recruitment activities - Focus on redesigning TME internship program to increase its relevance and conversion from intern to graduate - Define and set-up reporting dashboards for recruitment activities - Focus on DE&I within recruitment activities and set-up of a pilot for the use of redacted CV's - Participation in the launch of a new Employer branding campaign and set-up of a new recruitment website - And More

  • Talent Acquisition Manager at BELGATECH by Abylsen
    Jan 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    As Talent Acquisition Manager I was: - Building, training, coaching and managing a Talent Acquisition Team (made of 9 people) - Defining tools, partnerships, budgets and strategies for Talent Acquisition activities - Leading a team in a positive and results-oriented way But also: - Managing a 6-month training program for TA/BM (1st edition was made of 7 people I managed as well) - Contributing to the visibility of BELGATECH by promoting the employer brand - Participating in the CODIR and Business Reviews - Updating, defining and implementing HR process regarding onboarding, offboarding, follow-up of consultants etc. - HR project management and implementation of internal tools

  • Senior Manager at The AKKAdemy
    Jul 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    07.2018 - 12.2020: Senior Manager I managed a team of up 6 Graduate Business Managers on their way to become the future Business Managers of the group, then focusing mainly on recruiting the right talent and managing them when in the countries. Coached and trained them on the job of recruiting, preparing them for the next challenge within the group. 01.2020 - 12.2020: Internal sales and Project Manager AKKAdemy Extended the partnerships with big customers through our Strategic Customer Department leveraging the USP that The AKKAdemy Represented. Extended our partnerships with internal customers across the AKKA Technologies Group. Acted as Project manager for the implementation of a Railway dedicated learning program. 11.2018 - 08.2019: Recruitment lead Defined strategies and implemented processes for all recruitment activities of the AKKAdemy with a target of 1000 new recruits for the year 2019. Be the interface with all providers (LinkedIn & other Job boards etc.) Trained new joiners etc. Team of up to 20 Graduate Business Managers 09.2018 / 12.2020: Key Account Manager for the Benelux entity Ensured a good collaboration between Geneva and Brussels and a good understanding of the Business and the operations in Benelux. And more...

  • Recruitment Officer at AKKA Belgium
    Jun 2016 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    As a recruitment officer within AKKA Belgium, I was looking for new talent to join our teams and make sure their potential would be nurtured to enable their professional growth in an ever evolving environment. My attention was focused on the energy sector in Belgium and its challenges, which is why I was especially interested in meeting people with experience in or strong interest for this sector. My previous experience in multilingual recruitment gave me the opportunity to interview people with various cultural and linguistic backgrounds while testing my sales skills. Whereas this function gave me the opportunity to strengthen my knowledge of a more technical expertise by exchanging with candidates passionate about their activity. It is this thirst for knowledge and getting to know people and their aspirations that drove me in my role. Basically what I was doing is sourcing the best potential candidates on job boards and other professional networks such as LinkedIn before interviewing and presenting to Business managers for matching with client needs and projects.

  • Recruitment Consultant at Excel Careers a division of Angela Mortimer plc
    Jan 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

    1) Sales, client development & account management: - Prospecting potential clients (phone and field prospection) - Developing a client portfolio - Managing client accounts and maintaining good client relationships - Negotiating terms of business - Networking during events organised by Excel Careers/Interim and by external organisations - Brainstorming about new sales strategies with other team members 2) Managing monthly team budget: - Forecasting monthly budget - Reviewing and analysing figures 3) Managing full recruitment process: - Writing & translating job descriptions to advertise on job boards, own website and social media - Screening CVs, handling phone and face-to-face interviews - Writing candidate reports and matching candidates with vacancies - Presenting shortlisted candidates to clients, organising interviews for candidates with clients and coordinating follow-up and feedback - Taking candidate references - Career counselling to candidates, training candidates on CV writing and interview techniques 4) And more